Lady Macbeth
A Novel
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a “masterful reimagining” (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.
“Lady Macbeth doesn’t retell Shakespeare so much as slice cleanly through it, revealing what was hidden beneath. I couldn't look away.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House
A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.
The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.
The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.
But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.
She does not know this yet. But she will.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
One of the most notorious characters in William Shakespeare’s repertoire gets a vivid reimagining in this darkly engrossing historical novel. Roscille, the illegitimate daughter of a French nobleman, is offered up to a brutal Scottish lord in an arranged marriage. At just 17, Roscille knows she’s little more than a possession to Lord Macbeth, and she must use her intelligence and feminine wiles to survive being married to a man whose cunning is only exceeded by his taste for blood. Lady Macbeth takes brilliant liberties with Shakespeare’s original character, portraying her as a woman who learns to manipulate her man by necessity rather than spite. We were struck by Ava Reid’s reimagined portrait of Scotland as a land where this story makes sense—one where violence and war are as common as air and water. This is a must-read for fans of the Scottish Play, and for anyone who appreciates a tale of gamesmanship at its most brutal.
